FYI: Abstracts, Resource Grammar, Fun

Author:

Michael
Bernstein

FYI Body:

CASCADILLA PRESS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A WEB VERSION OF LINGUISTICSWORKING PAPERS ABSTRACTS, WITH FREE ACCESS TO INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIBERS.THE WEB SITE INCLUDES ALL THE INFORMATION PUBLISHED IN LWPA, INCLUDINGHUNDREDS OF ABSTRACTS AND INFORMATION ABOUT OVER 20 WORKING PAPERS SERIES.THE SITE IS FULLY SEARCHABLE.

FURTHER INFORMATION IS AT &LT;HTTP://WWW.CASCADILLA.COM/LWPA.HTML&GT;. THAPAGE CONTAINS DETAILS ABOUT THE SERIES, AS WELL AS LINKS TO BOTH THEFULL WEB VERSION OF LWPA AND AN EXAMPLE AREA.

IF YOU'D LIKE YOUR DEPARTMENT OR LIBRARY TO SUBSCRIBE TO LWPA, THERE'SA RECOMMENDATION FORM AT &LT;HTTP://WWW.CASCADILLA.COM/LWPA-REC.HTML&GT; WHICHYOU CAN PRINT OUT. AN INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION DOES INCLUDE FREE ACCESSTO THE LWPA WEB SITE FOR EVERYONE AT THE INSTITUTION.

YOURS, MICHAEL BERNSTEIN CASCADILLA PRESS MICHAEL@CASCADILLA.COM

ENGLISH RESOURCE GRAMMAR ONLINE CONSORTIUM

THE EXISTING ERGO CONSORTIUM FOR HPSG GRAMMAR DEVELOPMENT, COORDINATED BYSTANFORD UNIVERSITY, IS NOT RELATED TO THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED ERGO LINGUISTICTECHNOLOGIES BASED IN HAWAII. DEREK BICKERTON AND PHIL BRALICH RECENTLYANNOUNCED THE AVAILABILITY OF A WEB SITE FOR AN ENGLISH PARSER USING THEADDRESS &QUOT;WWW.ERGO-LING.COM&QUOT;. THEIR CHOICE OF NAME FOR THEIR COMPANY (ERGOLINGUISTIC TECHNOLOGIES) UNFORTUNATELY CREATES THE POTENTIAL FOR CONFUSION INTHE CL RESEARCH COMMUNITY, BECAUSE OF THE PRIOR EXISTENCE OF THE ERGO (ENGLISHRESOURCE GRAMMAR ONLINE) CONSORTIUM, A COLLECTION OF U.S. AND CANADIAN RESEARCHGROUPS ENGAGED IN THE COOPERATIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF A BROAD-COVERAGE HPSGGRAMMAR OF ENGLISH. THIS CONSORTIUM BEARS NO RELATION TO BRALICH'S COMPANY,AND THE GRAMMAR WE ARE DEVELOPING IS CURRENTLY INTENDED FOR RESEARCH ANDTEACHING, NOT FOR COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS.

THE ERGO CONSORTIUM WAS ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY 1996 AT THE CENTER FOR THE STUDYOF LANGUAGE AND INFORMATION (CSLI) AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY. ITS GOAL IS TODEVELOP AN INCREASINGLY ROBUST, MULTI-PURPOSE, COMPUTATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OFENGLISH BASED ON THE ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK OF HEAD-DRIVEN PHRASE STRUCTUREGRAMMAR. CONSORTIUM MEMBERS BOTH CONTRIBUTE TO AND BENEFIT FROM THE SHAREDRESOURCES OF THE CONSORTIUM, INCLUDINGG LEXICON AND GRAMMAR FRAGMENTS SUITABLEFOR TEACHING OR AS THE BASIS FOR GRANT-SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS.

INITIAL CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE ERGO CONSORTIUM ARE: STANFORD UNIVERSITY(CSLI), BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY,UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (BECKMAN INSTITUTE), SIMON FRASERUNIVERSITY, AND THE GERMAN AI RESEARCH CENTER (DFKI) IN SAARBRUECKEN. ANINITIAL PROJECT WITH IBM HAS ALLOWED THE CONSORTIUM TO DEVELOP ON-LINE LEXICONSSUITABLE FOR DIVERSE PURPOSES. MEMBERS ADDED IN THE PAST YEAR INCLUDE THEUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ABERKELEY, SUNY BUFFALO, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, AND THE OREGON GRADUATEINSTITUTE. THE CONSORTIUM ALSO INCLUDES PARTICIPATING OR INTERESTED INDIVIDUALRESEARCHERS AT SRI, AT&AMP;T, IBM, AND BOEING.

THE SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR GRAMMAR DEVELOPMENT USED IN THE CONSORTIUM IS THEPAGE SYSTEM DEVELOPED AND SUPPORTED BY THE GERMAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEINSTITUTE (DFKI) IN SAARBRUECKEN, GERMANY. THE GRAMMAR ITSELF IS MAINTAINED ACSLI WITHIN THE ENGLISH RESOURCE GRAMMAR PROJECT, ESTABLISHED IN 1994 ANDDIRECTED BY IVAN SAG AS PART OF THE LONG-TERM HPSG PROJECT AT CSLI. AN INITIALRELEASE OF THE GRAMMAR TO THE CONSORTIUM WAS MADE IN APRIL 1996, AND HAS BEENUSED BY MEMBERS FOR BOTH INSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH, WITH SUCCEEDING RELEASESPLANNED SEMI-ANNUALLY TO INCORPORATE EXTENSIONS IN COVERAGE.

INTERESTED RESEARCHERS WORKING ON ENGLISH IN HPSG ARE INVITED TO CONTACT CSLIFOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ERGO CONSORTIUM, AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: